What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Five South Leeds residents are counting the cost of falling foul of environmental laws. Four of the five were found guilty at Leeds Magistrates Court last week for failing to deal with rubbish properly while the other contravened a Dog Control Order. Julie Thompson of Brompton Row, Beeston Hill was
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week with controversy. Beeston and Holbeck featured in a piece on Leeds List. When I tell you the article was called ‘Best and worst places to live in Leeds’ you
Collections of garden bins across Leeds re-start in March. From Monday 3 March, the normal fortnightly brown bin collections resume. Residents who already have a brown bin will continue to have it collected on the same day. If in any doubt about your collection day, you can check on
In September South Leeds Life reported: There will be a report to the Council’s Executive Board in October, followed by public consultation on the “options” because that its what we were told at the Council’s Inner South Area Committee. However, there was no report to the Executive Board at
Christmas is upon us and the council is gearing up to help residents have a green festive season. Waste and recycling collections have been re-arranged to accommodate the upcoming public holidays. Some residents will have their bins collected a day earlier than normal while others will be picked up
A Leeds man has learned the hard way that business and flytipping do not make good bedfellows. Jonathan Jeffers of Fenton Place, Middleton, pleaded and was found guilty of dumping waste at Leeds Magistrates court last week. Jeffers was fined £600 and ordered to pay costs of £667.86 plus
A man from Beeston is counting the cost of letting his dog run free on the streets. Derek Burrows, of Lodge Lane, failed to appear before Leeds magistrates last month. However magistrates found Burrows guilty of contravening Leeds’ dog control orders. He must now pay a £200 fine and
The other day I noticed the following press release on the Council’s website: “Three south Leeds women were called to appear before magistrates last month having failed to heed the council’s advice and warnings. “Leanne Gill, Claire Parle and Rozma Kauser, all from Beeston, were issued with legal notices
The council is warning litter louts that a range of council officers can and will enforce the law if caught dropping rubbish. The advice comes as a man from Middleton was prosecuted having failed to pay a fixed penalty notice for littering issued by a council dog warden. Having
Two Beeston neighbours have had to pay out nearly £1,500 for failing to clear rubbish from their garden and for leaving bins on the street. The growing pile of waste in Shantelle Thompson’s Tempest Road garden was spotted by environmental action officers out on regular priority area patrols. Thompson